Originally Posted by TJQuill
Scenario 2: my pretty new xbox 360 needs an internet connection so 12 year olds in Taiwan can crush me in COD2. I (a) won't spend $100 to get the proprietary M$ USB adapter (no other USB adapter will work as you cannot load drivers, so it is that or use the cat5 jack) and (b) I haven't gotten around to running cat 5 to that part of the house. So I want to connect the xbox 360 with the crossover cable to my laptop which is connected to my wireless network.
Both seem like plug and play no brainers, but when I click on share internet connection I get error messages back in both situations. Anybody have any words of wisdom?
The crossover cable won't work for xbox live - unfortunately the xbox 360 has its own networking card and your laptop won't be able to serve as a router for it. You'll need to connect your xbox 360 to your router so that the network can identify it.
btw, Are you trying to play online with xbox live or a third party gaming network?